Paint Touch Up on minor dings/scratches
03-15-10, 11:48 AM
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Paint Touch Up on minor dings/scratches
Hi!
I did a cursory search but didn't find a thread, so thought i would start one up (sorry in advance if a thread already exists, of which im sure there is but i was too lazy to find DOH)
Anywho....
Just curious, is there some kind of paint that could be used to touch up minor dings and scratches on a frame? im obviously not talking about having the entire frame sanded down and repainted....just something to use to paint over small nicks.
will model paint work? like that stuff you used on plastic airplane models?
what have you used? what was the paint called? what kind of paint was it? just use a brush? etc.
my frame is white, so luckily i dont think i need any complicated color matching.
Thanks in advance!
I did a cursory search but didn't find a thread, so thought i would start one up (sorry in advance if a thread already exists, of which im sure there is but i was too lazy to find DOH)
Anywho....
Just curious, is there some kind of paint that could be used to touch up minor dings and scratches on a frame? im obviously not talking about having the entire frame sanded down and repainted....just something to use to paint over small nicks.
will model paint work? like that stuff you used on plastic airplane models?
what have you used? what was the paint called? what kind of paint was it? just use a brush? etc.
my frame is white, so luckily i dont think i need any complicated color matching.
Thanks in advance!
03-15-10, 12:22 PM
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Testors model paint works fine. Another commonly recommended choice is fingernail polish.
I generally use clear fingernail polish. If the color doesn't match EXACTLY, your touch up will be more distracting than the scratch. White, I imagine, will be easy to do even though there are a gazillion different shades of white.
I generally use clear fingernail polish. If the color doesn't match EXACTLY, your touch up will be more distracting than the scratch. White, I imagine, will be easy to do even though there are a gazillion different shades of white.
